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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921.
日九廿月豆十
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
HAS BOLSHEVISM INFECTED BRITAIN?
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
LATEST IRISH DEVELOPMENTS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH HONOURS FOR HOLLANDERS.
Well-Known Journalist's Answer.
A Manifesto by De Valera.
Fifty Decorations Bestowed.
London, January 6.
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SERVICE.
New Line to the East.
London, January 6.
It is a mistake to suppose that Bolshevism has infected "Britaio
A manifesto issued by De Valers, as forecasted by Freeman's
Amsterdam, January &
EX-GERMAN BOAT LEAVES FOR HONGKONG.
By the departure from Lisbon
and tendencies of the prevailing unrest, and he says that ferment and revolution are undebtedly working in the hearts of a number of people of which exemplars exist everywhere who would "get up a revolution in Heaven." But in Britain these are comparatively few nol are powerless owing to the absence of misteris on which to work, He says that Bolshevism is essentially international, depending upon, external propaganda for its existence. Consequently, there is a tendency to discern the hand of Moscow in any British revolutionary
London, January 6. manifestation. But this is a mistake. Bolshevism has made the • In consequence of the ambush at Newmarket, County Cork, idea of revolution familiar, but its influence is steadily waning.se houses in Mealin, from which the attackers were seed to fire, Indeed, opinion is hardening against Moscow's dictatorial tenets were destroyed by onder of the Military Governor. which are abborrent to the British temperament.
At the Hague fifty decorations, were bestowed on Hollanders.} This is the conclusion reached by Dr. Arthur Shadwell, author and Jornal, denies that Sinn Fein is making overtures for peace, but including the Knight Commander of St. Michaet and St. George on journalist, who has just concluded an exhaustive investigation into states that he will not turs a deaf ear to Government proposals, Jonkheer Van Vredenburch, Resident Minister in charge of the for the Far East, thon the revolutionary movement in Great Britain on behalf of The Times. Provided they are based on the recognition of Ireland as an indepen-British section of the Netherlands, Legation in Berlin: Knight Com-instant, of the steamer Quslimane, Dr. Shadwell has toured the industrial areas searching for causes ¡dent nationality.
manderships of the Order of the British Empire on Doctor Vacsalst, there has been inaugurated a new The manifesto continues:-"When representatives of the formerly of the Netherlands Oversea Trust Company; Mynheer shipping English nation are prepared to meet representatives of the Irish nation Deterdingh, head of the Royal Dutch Shell group; Choralist Van Portuguese flag.
servica under the on an equal national footing, peace talk will be possible,"
It is stated that the forces of the Crown are most assiduously a Constantinople; Doctor van "Wellenhoven, fate of the Oversea Deet of vessels belonging to the Rappard, Residant Minister in charge of the Netherlands Ministry The Quelimane is one of the serching for De Valera, whom they are most anxious to arrest. Trust; and Commanderships of the Order of the British Empire on Transportes Maritimes do Estada
More Militarism.
Doctor Zimmermann, who was Burgomaster of Rotterdam. and Myn.the official Portuguese mail-boat beer Demeester.
company, of which Messrs. J. M. da Rocha and Company have been appointed Hongkong agents. In all, this company owns about thirtyvessels, all ex-German ships which took refuge in Portuguese- ports during the war and were seized when Portugal formally joined the Allies. The Quelimane
THE IMPERIAL CABINET.
To Meet in June.
London, January 6.
A New Sinn Fein Dodge.
Loodon, January 6, Armed Sina Feiners simultaneously visited the residencps of Dublin County Council rate collectors who have resigned owing to the Council adhering to Dail Eireann. They forced the collectors to sign cheques aggregating at least £10,000, representing monies withheld, The collectors were held prisoners until the cheques
were cashed.
Not Wanted in America.
Washington, January 6.
It is understood that the Imperial Cabinet meets during the second half of June. The invitations to the Premiers allow of the inclusion of subordinate Ministers, The Goverment has sent ost the invitations in response to the repeated solicitations of Mclusion of Mr. Daniel O'Callaghan, the present Lord Mayor of Cork, A Board of Special Enquiry at Norfolk has ordered the ex- Hughes and General Smuts, Mr. Lloyd George ■ equally keen and who arrived at Newport News, Virginia, as bas impressed on the Premiers that if they do not assemble soon American steamer West Cat in. from Ireland.
a stowaway on the Britain will be compelled to settle various important foreign affairs single-handed, this being prejudicial both to the Dominions" and
O'Callaghan has appealed and the case has been referred to the Britain's interests.
State Department.
Editor and Directors Released.
The agenda is now being prepared and will be sent out to the Dominions by the end of January, leaving ample time for their additional suggestions. The big navies question will certainly to the most outstanding feature. The Government anticipates that the Premiers will desira a concurrent Defence Council and will bring Daval and military advisers.
The Premiers will be invited to fix the composition, date and meeting place of the Constitutional Conference. It is believed the Gaveraments now faveur London, in 1922. Owing to the magnitud of the problems to bus discussed the Imperial Ministers consider the representation should be larger than at the old-time Conferences. including members of the Opposition.
Other subjects comprise Empire emigration, upon which Mr. Lloyd George is lik dy to submit comprehensive proposals, and also inter-Empire communications and various problema arising from the peace settlement. I felt that the Japano-American and Chine-p Japanese situations are bound to be discussed and that Canada's proposal for a direct Arabassador to Washington will likewise crap!
up.
THE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA.
Lord Curzon's Refutation of Chicheri
London. January 6., The Government has released the Editce and two Directors of Freeman's Journal, who were recently sentenced to imprisonment by Court Martial, or the ground of ill-health.
Distraining on a Town.
London. January 6. Permag towa. troops seized goods valued at £26 each from four)
In consequence of the non-payment of the fine imposed on
leading tradesmen.
THE SHANTUNG PROBLEM.
MEXICAN FINANCIAL CRISIS.
Banks in Distress.
Mexico City, January 6.
The financial crisis has been intensified by the closing of the was formerly the s... Kronprinz Mercantile Banking Corporation, a North American institution, and she is a vessel of 5,559 STORS owing to heavy withdrawals by depositors. Guards are stationed toas. at the Banque Francaise du Mexique, where heavy runs continue, but it is believed that the Banque will weather the storm Depasitors of other backs are anxious, but hitherto there bave been no further runs. It is rumoured that a moratorium will be declared.
THE WORLD NAVAL QUESTION.
Senator Walsh's Opinion.
Messrs. da Rocha and Cam- pany have received official advice. of the departure of the Quelimane from the Government at Lisbon. the cable indicating tha: oba left on the 4th for Marseilles, Gecoa, Port Said, Suez, Bombay, Mormugao, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama.
A monthy service of bosts will Washington, January 6.
be maintained on this run, and At a meeting of the Senate Foreign Affairs Relation Committee, the vessels will carry both cargo Senator Walsh urged the despate of an American representative to and passengers. The passage opposed Senator Borab's resolution, and said that the Americas navy ference rates.,"des sit on the Disarmament Commission of the Lengua of Nations. He fares will be at European Con- would be as formidable as the British in 1934 if the respective, Men, J. Hydi Boobsuhde programes were confued on the present basis, but Senator Boral's Company are to bà complimented resolution, which simply calls fome 50 per cent, capin the British, on having secured this official United States and Japanese building programmes, would tendin agaher, as they are one of they definitely to pastpoas the time when Great Britain Will no longer be leading Portixage firms in the Mistress of the Seas.
JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.
Negotiations Still Proceeding.
Washington, January 6.
Colony, with good banking con- nections. Their offices are situat- ed at No. 2, Connaught Road, on the Prays.
The following is a list of the steamers, io connection with this service, for which Mesars, da Rochs and Co. are agents Coimbra { Antares,} 2,512
Menzell,) 3,077;
Japanese Declaration of Amenability.
Baron Shidebara and Mr. Morris have resumed negotiations as Cross tons: Congo (loftsban London, January 6. jor regards the immigration question. It is understood that the present Clara Baron Hayashi. interviewed by the Evening Standard, categori-form of the project now being discussed does not deal with the civil Gaza (Hof), 4.705: Gel Eanes cally denied the all-gations that Japan was seeking to control the nights of Japanese in America but seeks to prezent discrimination Far East as a preliminary to world-domination He emphasised against them in the enjoyment of their property rights. that Japan firmly intended to restore Shantung. It was not Japan's fault that no progress had been made. China was requested nearly
CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
BIG LIQUOR RAID IN NEW YORK.
authorities seized $370,000 aorth at the wholesale merchants. Messrs.
New York, January 6.
Singer Brothers, including scores of cases of the finest champagnes In the biggest liquor raid in New York since Prohibition the
and hundreds of cases of whisky.
LIGHTNING RAILWAY STRIKE IN ITALY.
a gear ago to make arrangements to commence the necessary London, Febrry E. formalities for receiving back Shantung, but did nothing. The Foreign Office publishes a telegram from M. Chic in dated | So far from desiring to absorb Chiasso territory and to abolish December 1, repudiating responsibility for protraction of the com- the open-door policy. Japan was only too pleased to participate in mercial negotiations, declaring his readiness to accept the trade the Consortium to develop China's resources. Japan's policy was agreement concluded last summer and to confer with the British friendship towards China and America. Government in reference to the latter's subsequent elaboration of the political clauses thereof. Lord Curzon replied gesterday refuting Chicherin's assertions, recalling especially the delays. caused by Kamene's intervention in the internal politics of Britain. and Russian ill-treatment of the detained Britishers. He declared that the present delay was due to persistent equivocation by the Soviet Government with regard to the conditions accepted in July.
With reference to propaganda, Lord Curzon insists that if the Soviet sincerely intends to carry out i's undertakings there can bej no objection to definition of the areas fo which these undertakings The Times gives prominence to a telegram from its Peking specifically refer. Britian therefore hopes that instead of contin correspondent emphasising the astonishing vitality of China's involving the stopping of trains en route, led to furious passengers A lightning strike of the employees of the Southern Railway, ing barren polemica the Soviet will accept the trade agreement. in foreign trade, despite the famine, civil war and other adverse attacking the engine drivers and guards with revolvers and ati ka sincere execution of which will be found the first step towards the circumstances and pointing the moral for captains of industry in sad forcing them to proceed to their destination. A free fight reconstruction of material prosperity in Eastern Europe.
Britain. He says that the scope for foreign enterprise in China is between passengers and strikers on arrival at the station of Gratz Lord Curzon insists on geographical definition of the ereas in limitable and that the field is more open that ever previously. was stopped by the gendarmerio. which the Soviet ondertakes to refrain from propaganda. offering to Preliminary coltivation is needed with a view to development in the undertake a similar oblization with reference to any area in which future when political conditions are more settled and transportation the Soviet can fairly claim special interests.
improved. All establishing themselves in China now will reap a rich reward.
FIGHTING IN PERSIA.
Considerable Activity Reported.
London, January 6.
A Rich Reward Promired.
London, January 6.
BIG BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT.
British-American Concern Involved.
Infuriated Passengers Attack Strikers.
Vienna, January. 6.
" ABSURD "NAVAL REPORTS,
A Canadian Denial.
Ottawa, January 6. The Naval Service Department describe as absurd the reports that a Canadian squadron is being transferred to the Pacific coast to join the American and Australian navies for mutual protection. Canadian vessels are simply visiting the Pacific in the course of a
THE QUEEN MOTHER OF HOLLAND.
London, January 6. The War Ofice reports considerable activity at Maglobar in thei
The British-American Continental Bank, formerly the Han-training cruise. Siabrad Bres, twenty miles south of Resht, where the Reds' artillery nevigs Bank, with a subscribed capital of £1,242,000 has suspended, shelled a British post on December 26, and on December 23 the Red payment.. infantry drove in a post, Subsequently, our rainforcements re- captured the position and, following ao, drove off an enemy picket
Later. It appears that the suspension of the British-American Con- south of Sishred. We lost two, wounded, and the Reds two killed tinental Bank was due to another suspension in New York. The and one wounded, and one prisoner. A bostile force, under the Bank's business is largely commercial and practically all the loss cover of darkness, took up a position north-west of Maglobar sa falls on shareholders who, it is stated, will receive a considerable December 23, but was put to flight by our troops, leaving nine killed proportion of their investments. and two prisoners, including a Russian officer. Two machine guns and thirteen rifles were captured.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL NORTHLAND.
Present at Capture of Taku Forts.
London, January 6.
TO MOTORISTS.
Interesting Result of Petrol Saving Test."
London, January 6.
To motor our trixis at Brooklands, with a. view to petrol eaving, six cars were submitted to a standardized test with the carburettor
A Successful Operation.
The Hague, January 6.
It is officially stated that the Queen Mother Emma has been operated on for hernia. There were no complications and she bore the operation very well. Her condition issatisfactory.
TROUBLE AT FLENSBURG.
·Berlin, January;6;
Seven persons were killed and 22 wounded by the Flensburg jet reduced. This resulted in an average increase in mileage for police valleyingin to a crowd which tried to storm the barracks on The death is announced of Admiral George Northland, who only two miles per hour. 11. computed line the adoption of the police when trying to escape arrest.
fuel burned of 22 per cent, while the lows in maximum speed was the occasion of the funeral of Communist who was killed by the ated in the bapture of Taku Forts and destroyed a piratical scheme would lead to the economisation of 40,000,000 gallons
rorbald in the Malacos Strait.
(Lahneck), 1,775; Goa (Lichten- felsh 5,605; Granja (Pacador). 765; India (Vorwaerts), 5,990; | Lajos (Szechenyil. 1.773- Lima (Westervald), 3.991; Lour- enco Marques (Admiral), 6,355;
dore), 5,235: Porto Alexandre (ex Maio (Beta), 2.179; Minho (MK-
Ingbert ex Thors Menzell), 2,699, gador), 1.271; Mormanas (Kammo-
Puague (ex Linda Woermarm er Gutrune), 1,337; Quelim (Kronprinz), 5,689: S. Jorge (Sardinia), 3,601; Sado (Pluto) 1,408; Viana (Mailand), 1,749.
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.
The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to day was 3./1 Vid.
THE WEATHER.
2 p.m. Barometer-30.19. Te- perature 63. Humidity 52.
LIGHTING-UP TIME.
Lighting-up time to-day is 5.54
p.2.
DON'T FORGET.
To-day.
Coronet Theatre -5.15 and 9.15
p.m.
Hongkong Theatre-5.15, 7.13 and 9.15 p.m.
To-morrow.
Palerme open their sesson-9.15 Theatre Royal Chefalo and
Cotonet Theatre 5.15, and 9.15